Improvement in hay-loaders



' o. B. GARLINGHOUSE an J. DIGKASON.

" ,BAY LOADER.

No. 39,264.. Patented Ju1y 14, 1863.l

UNITED STATES PATENT GFEICE.

Vcrans B. eAaLiNeEoUsE AND JOHN mcKAsoN, or ALLENsviLLE,

INDIANA. y Y

IM PROVEM ENT I'N HAY-LOADER-S.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 89,'264, dated July 14, 11563.

To all whom 'it may concern: A A Be it known that we, CYRUS BQGARLING- 1 HOUSE and JOHN DIcKAsoN, both of Allensville, Switzerland county, Indiana, have invented a new and useful Machinefor `Baking.

and Loading Hay; and we hereby .declare the following to be a full and exact'descriptiou ot' the same, reference beingV had'to-the accomcation.

panying drawings, making part of this speci! rise two posts or standards, D D-,"for the support and attachmentof various parts of the operative mechanism to be presently described.

Pivoted horizontally in the posts D D' isfa beam, E, from which project a number of curved and elastic lingers, F, which may be made to bear with any desired stress upon the ground bymeans of the limber lever G, which takes into a segmental rack, H, or itsequivalent. v

I is a floating frame for an endlesscarrier, J. The upper end of the carrier-franie I is supported at any height by means of pinions K K', resting in racks L L'. The lower end or" the carrier-frame rests upon the windrow. The

shaft M ot' the lower stretcher-roller of the carrier traverses the lower ends of the oating arms N N', whiclr journal upon the gudgeons of the ground-wheels, so as to vibrate in a.' circle concentric with said gudgeons. A series of suitable gearing, P, Figure 2, having a ratchet attachment, Q, enables the forward motion of either ground-wheel to be trans mitted with slightly-increasing velocity to the endless carrier, but enables the machine to beA backed or turned without reversing the carrier. The ratchet attachment may be made'to throw out of gear to enable the machine to be moved about without 'working the elevating mechanism, and may be applied to either cogwheel of theseries.

1n order to insure the ascent of the hay into the carrier, we provide the following device:

R is a crank-shaft supported by two posts,`

S S, fromthe lioating arms N N. 'I is a rockshaft journaled in the tops of the posts D D', and having two arms, U U', connected by pitmen V- V' with the cranks 1' r'.

W W' are two rakes, hinged at their butts to the'iowerends of their arms U U', and hav ingtheir-heads supported by sliding linksXX' from' thepitmenV V'. l

The gearing may be replaced by bands and pulleys. v Our invention relates to the class ot`- ma-A Operation: The hay-wagon, with its attendant raker and pitcher, being drawn forward over the field, the yielding and adjustable ngers F act to gather up the-windrow, whence the endless 'carrier J, with the assistai'me ot therakes W W', catches it up and carries it forward onto the be'd of thehay-wagon.' Incommencing to load, the-header' the cai'rier J is `depressed byslackening the pinions K K' in the racks L`L', and, as the loading proceeds,

is again elevated by winding up the pinions K K'. In passing around curves the wheel on the inner circle simply rotates backward on its` ratchetv and ceases to act, thus throwing the entire labor on -the'outer wheel. In backing the machine both ground-wheels revolve on their ratchets, and ceaseV to act on the carrier J.

It will be seen that the arrangement of the endless carrier J iu the iioating frame I permits the elevating mechanism to rise or fall and to adjust itself to the inequalities of the ground, while, this self-adj ustment taking place around the center of the ground-wheel and concentric therewith, the connections for driving the carrier, whether by belt or gearing, are not affected by any change in the relative position or altitude ot' the lower end ot' said floating frame.

The embodiment of our invention, selected in the above illustration, is obviously susceptible ot' various modiiications without departingiiiaterially from the main design. For example, the upper end of the carrier may be elevated bodily byone standing in the wagon, and` may retain any height given to it by a pawl and rack. The crank-shaft lt may be hung or jourualed in brackets projecting from the posts D D'. The ascent of the iioating arms N N' may be limited by a yielding or other projection from the main frame. Beveled gearing may replace the band and pulleys by which the crank-shaft R- is driven.

We claiml. The tloatinghay-carrier I J, constructed, supported, and operating in the manner-and for the purposes specied.

2. Connecting the floating or self-adjusting carrier of' a, hay-loading machine with the main frame by means of vibrating armsN N',

iournaled in line with the axes of the lower stretcher and the ground-wheels, by which the" lower end of the carrier is permitted to adapt itself to inequalities of the ground Without affecting its connections with the driver, substantially as specified. 'Y

3. The combination, with the self-adjusting or Boating hay-carrier, of iingers F, variable in their pressure uponthe ground, substan tially as described.

4. In the described combination, with carrier IJ and fingers F, or their equivalents, the provision of reciprocating'rakes W W',

adapted and operating substantially as set forth.

In testimony of which invention we hereunto set our hands.

CYR-Us B. GARLINGHOUSE.- JOHN DmKAsoN.

Witnesses: c'

GEO. H, KNIGHT, ROBERT BEMINGRAY. 

